og_cryptoverse

Visual art is a spectrum with pure thinking on one end and pure looking on the other. Conceptual art tends to be located on the left, thinking side of the spectrum.

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A love poem of 1024 unique artworks documenting crypto from beginning to present. The history and culture of the cryptosphere as conceptual art project. Stealth placement to begin, then slowly releasing the remainder (average 1-2 per day) until series completion, around 2024.

Classically minimal conceptual artworks reimagined for the digital age. Most of the collection is composed of a black monospaced coding font (referencing the manual typewriters used in early conceptual art) set on a moderately noisy, grey backdrop, signed with an e11_collective seal:

Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto (1843-1923) suggested that elites always exist, regardless of the political system. He said they make up 20% of the population and have 80% of the wealth.

Following Pareto, twenty percent of the collection is elite. Each elite backing is subtly unique, displaying a refined, pixellated, power grey:

Twenty percent of the elites are few. Off-white text on a commanding black base discreetly overlaid with a powerful grey, pixelated homage to an early blue chip nft project. Every few background is clearly unique:

Early conceptual art (1950s/60s) was designed to be uninteresting and/or impossible to collect. It was partly a reaction to the age-old problem of the art market distorting the meaning, reach and impact of visual art. Conceptual art was more democratic. Anyone could make conceptual art by following the instructions. However, collectors must collect, so they bought the worthless instruction sheets and today conceptual art is considered the most influential movement of the second half of the twentieth century.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo

We have some ideas we want to try with this project. Please understand that things may change over time.There is no drop to start, just private placement of the first 512 artworks. Ideally this project stays under the radar and takes a long time to mint out, like in the ancient times before 2021. After the initial mint we will switch to a daily drop or auction, or maybe a monthly drop of 30? we'll see.We've left room for collaboration on small runs with other knowledgable people or organizations in this space.This is our genesis collection. Holders will have access to future allowlists. We have many projects planned.There will be physical artworks available to holders for additional cost.

To acquire og_cryptoverse:price is Ξ 0.0512
limit of 2 which will reduce to limit of 1 when the first 256 are placed.The collection is minting on opensea.io here. Reveal may take weeks or months, be prepared.We are presently stealth. Posting about this project is unnecessary. If you have a friend or two that you feel would appreciate this work then please recommend. They can apply via the application part below.If you received an invite from e11 then you enter your wallet address below.this may sound weird but we are not in a rush with this. Please don't publicize this while we are in stealth. We don't want a deluge of applications. We love the idea of chill under the radar project that mints out slowly like the old days before 2021. for what its worth you can read our thesis about why we think this project will be blue chip or at least very successful.We feel that this is a good time to experiment and try new ideas. For this reason things may change over time. We have many plans but are not making any promises ;o)the really cool thing about NFTs from our perspective is the way they change the dynamic between the market and the art. it only works for digital art but still, it feels refreshing and nice. The market in the trad art world is very glamorous of course but its also very exclusionary. The best art is always produced in limited quantities so the art market tends towards high quality = very high prices. This is the game being played and that's fine but it sort of needs to be that way or it can't exist. Like so much of the art market is really about the financial investment side. Something like 90% of the "museum quality / auction house market buyers want to make money on their investment. Its much like the art NFT world, especially the xxzxx collections. Nothing wrong with that except in the art world it means the art has to be made limited. So the "best" art is kept from making much of an impact as people don't live with them. Also uniqueness gets valued highest so it sort of fools the population into thinking that good art needs to be unique or limited. Unlike say, books and music where its prestigious to have large sales numbers. Often they are stored

e11 is a pseudonymous art collective. We collaborate with a wide variety of people, from an art historian (author of 2 books) to a member of a New York voguing house (Paris Is Burning documentary)e11 discovered bitcoin in 2009, intrigued by the philosophy and optimism. We joined CT in 2015 and have been entertained ever since. We feel that its about time we started to contribute, rather than just lurking.In our traditional art world practice (which is under a different name), e11's thesis is that visual art is beneficial and useful to our culture (the science supports this), therefore some high quality art could be less exclusionary and more obtainable. IRL we experiment with ways to make art that is more accessible without sacrificing complexity and art historical context.NFTs mostly solve the problem of access for digital art. NFTs separate the market from the art differently than the traditional art world. Anyone can right click save and enjoy the art privately. This is even encouraged because it means the art is popular or influential. The owner of the NFT accesses the exclusive benefits of collecting, meanwhile, the art is shared and can benefit many.Exhibitions, installations, collaborations and interactive performances include Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, colette, LVMH le Bon Marché, Paris, Eden Rock St. Barthes, Restir Tokyo, London, Milan, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Austin, Miami, Mexico City, Singapore, and Seoul.